Copy functionality in iOS by using UIPasteboard

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 NSString *copyStringverse = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@",[textview.text]];
 UIPasteboard *pb = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard];
 [pb setString:copyStringverse];

I'm using above code for copying contents in textview, but I want to copy contents in a cell of the table. How to do this?

This gave me the perfect solution to copy/pasting from my app - regardless of the fact that you needed something slightly different. cheers! — Dan Hanly, Mar 06 '13 at 14:23

score 72 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 15 '12 at 12:25

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Well you don't say exactly how you have your table view cell set up, but if it's just text inside your table view it could be as easy as:

// provided you actually have your table view cell
NSString *copyStringverse = yourSelectedOrClickedTableViewCell.textLabel.text;
UIPasteboard *pb = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard];
[pb setString:copyStringverse];

answered Jan 15 '12 at 12:25

Michael Dautermann

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haii thanks for your reply,what s yourSelectedOrClickedTableViewCell ?table name? – stackiphone Jan 15 '12 at 12:31
@Micheal Dautermann i need to put it inside the butytonclick,so the text label shows eror – stackiphone Jan 15 '12 at 12:32
`yourSelectedOrClickedTableViewCell` is a `UITableViewCell`. You have to figure out which cell is being clicked. I don't know what the rest of your code looks like, so I don't know how you would invoke the copying and I couldn't come up with a better code sample. – Michael Dautermann Jan 15 '12 at 12:33

score 27 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 14 '14 at 18:17

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[UIPasteboard generalPasteboard].string = @"Copy me!";

edited Oct 14 '14 at 18:17

Rahul Patel

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answered Aug 07 '14 at 10:57

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score 15 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 03 '16 at 22:31

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For Swift 3.x

UIPasteboard.general.string = "String to copy"

answered Dec 03 '16 at 22:31

chrisamanse

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jaytrixz · Answer 4 · 2016-06-08T06:45:58.040

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For Swift 2.1+:

let cell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath) as! UITableViewCell // change this to your custom cell if you use one
UIPasteboard.generalPasteboard().string = cell.textLabel.text

edited Jun 08 '16 at 06:45

answered Feb 01 '16 at 10:30

jaytrixz

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Ramakrishna · Answer 5 · 2017-01-07T05:22:45.387

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For Swift2.2

UIPasteboard.generalPasteboard().string = tableViewCell.textLabel.text

By using this you can directly set the value to UIPasteboard.

edited Jan 07 '17 at 05:22

answered Oct 14 '16 at 12:34

Ramakrishna

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Keep in mind that in Swift 3 "generalPasteboard()" doesn't exist anymore. User general instead. – PeterPan Jul 14 '17 at 05:12

Copy functionality in iOS by using UIPasteboard

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